- In Congress, Calls Mount for Social Security to Address Clawbacks
- What to Know About Assisted Living
- New Social Security Report Shows Growing Overpayment Problem Tops $23B
- Prevención del VIH: proponen que Medicare cubra PrEP para adultos mayores
- Adult Children Discuss the Trials of Caring for Their Aging Parents
- Nursing Homes Say They Can’t Afford Higher Staffing. But Their Finances Are Often Opaque.
- Biden Pick to Lead Social Security Pledges Action on ‘Heartbreaking’ Clawbacks
- A New Era of Vaccines Leaves Old Questions About Prices Unanswered
- Una charla necesaria: qué le ocurre al cuerpo y la mente a medida que se envejece
- Let’s Have an Honest Conversation About What to Expect as You Age
- Senators Demand Answers From Social Security on Clawbacks Tied to Covid Relief
- Under Fire, Social Security Chief Vows ‘Top-to-Bottom’ Review of Payment Clawbacks
- Covid Relief Payments Triggered Feds to Demand Money Back From Social Security Recipients
- House Panel to Hold Hearing on Erroneous Social Security Payments
- Social Security Chief Orders Broad Review of Benefit Overpayments
- Social Security Overpayments Draw Scrutiny and Outrage From Members of Congress
- As Covid Infections Rise, Nursing Homes Are Still Waiting for Vaccines
- Cuando pienses en tu salud, no te olvides de tus ojos
- When You Think About Your Health, Don’t Forget Your Eyes
- Rural Nursing Home Supporters Fear Proposed Staffing Standards Will Trigger More Closures
- Social Security Overpays Billions to People, Many on Disability. Then It Asks for the Money Back.
- Por qué los CDC recomiendan el nuevo refuerzo contra covid para todos
- Why the CDC Has Recommended New Covid Boosters for All
- Exclusive: CMS Study Sabotages Efforts to Bolster Nursing Home Staffing, Advocates Say
- A New Medicare Proposal Would Cover Training for Family Caregivers
- New Alzheimer’s Drug Raises Hopes — Along With Questions
- The Real Costs of the New Alzheimer’s Drug, Most of Which Will Fall to Taxpayers
- New Weight Loss Drugs Carry High Price Tags and Lots of Questions for Seniors
- En las personas mayores, un poco de sobrepeso no es tan malo
- In Older Adults, a Little Excess Weight Isn’t Such a Bad Thing
- Why the Next Big Hope for Alzheimer’s Might Not Help Most Black Patients
- More States Drop Sales Tax on Disposable Diapers to Boost Affordability
- Dementia Can Take a Toll on Financial Health, as Some Families Learn the Hard Way
- Massage Therapists Ease the Pain of Hospice Patients — But Aren’t Easy to Find
- How to Negotiate With Resistant Aging Parents? Borrow These Tips From the Business World
- Readers and Tweeters Weigh Marijuana’s Merits Against Those of Alcohol or Opioids
- ¿Mamografías a los 40? Nueva pauta para la detección del cáncer de seno genera debate
- La enfermedad cardiovascular podría matar a más adultos mayores hispanos
- Cardiovascular Disease Is Primed to Kill More Older Adults, Especially Blacks and Hispanics
- Mammograms at 40? Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Spark Fresh Debate
- When Older Parents Resist Help or Advice, Use These Tips to Cope
- How to Grow Your Social Network as You Age
- As US Life Expectancy Falls, Experts Cite the Health Impacts of Incarceration
- Aumenta el número de californianos mayores que muere por desnutrición
- The Rate of Older Californians Dying of Malnutrition Has Accelerated
- Fatigue Is Common Among Older Adults, and It Has Many Possible Causes
- Being ‘Socially Frail’ Comes With Health Risks for Older Adults
- End of Covid Emergency Will Usher in Changes Across the US Health System
- Seniors With Anxiety Frequently Don’t Get Help. Here’s Why.
- California’s Massive Medicaid Program Works for Some, but Fails Many Others
- After People on Medicaid Die, Some States Aggressively Seek Repayment From Their Estates
- Community Workers Fan Out to Persuade Immigrant Seniors to Get Covered
- Readers and Tweeters Urgently Plea for a Proper ‘Role’ Call in the ER
- Dementia Care Programs Help, If Caregivers Can Find Them
- California Dangles Bonuses for Nursing Homes That Add Staff
- Proposed Medicare Advantage Changes Cannot Accurately Be Called ‘Cuts,’ Experts Say
- A Law Was Meant to Free Sick or Aging Inmates. Instead, Some Are Left to Die in Prison.
- As Long-Term Care Staffing Crisis Worsens, Immigrants Can Bridge the Gaps
- More Californians Are Dying at Home. Another Covid ‘New Normal’?
- Readers and Tweeters Diagnose Greed and Chronic Pain Within US Health Care System
- Lo que necesitan saber los adultos mayores sobre covid y Paxlovid
- What Older Americans Need to Know About Taking Paxlovid
- Rural Seniors Benefit From Pandemic-Driven Remote Fitness Boom
- Ending Involuntary Commitments Would Shift Burden of Dementia Care to Strapped Communities
- Siete preguntas que una persona mayor debe hacer antes de someterse a una cirugía compleja
- Weighing Risks of a Major Surgery: 7 Questions Older Americans Should Ask Their Surgeon
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Source: Kaiser Health News
- Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage
- Biden Administration’s Limit on Drug Industry Middlemen Backfires, Pharmacists Say
- Facing Criticism, Feds Award First Maternal Health Grant to a Predominantly Black Rural Area
- These Appalachia Hospitals Made Big Promises to Gain a Monopoly. They’re Failing to Deliver.
- Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans’ Credit Scores
- Your Exorbitant Medical Bill, Brought to You by the Latest Hospital Merger
- Look Up Your Hospital: Is It Being Penalized By Medicare?
- Sen. Sanders Says Millions of People Can’t Find a Doctor. He’s Mostly Right.
- Colorado Says Drug Industry Blocked Its Canada Dreams – And Biden Hasn’t Helped
- Patients Expected Profemur Artificial Hips to Last. Then They Snapped in Half.
- Many People of Color Worry Good Health Care Is Tied to Their Appearance
- What to Know About Home Care Services
- Back Pain? Bum Knee? Be Prepared to Wait for a Physical Therapist
- El altísimo costo de tener una enfermedad autoinmune en Estados Unidos
- From Hospital to Hospitality: Spin Doctors Brand Getting Sick as an Adventure. It’s Not.
- Extra Fees Drive Assisted Living Profits
- An Arm and a Leg: To Get Health Insurance, This Couple Made a Movie
- How the Thyroid Gland Mystifies Doctors and Patients
- Many Autoimmune Disease Patients Struggle With Diagnosis, Costs, Inattentive Care
- Why Long-Term Care Insurance Falls Short for So Many
- Out for Blood? For Routine Lab Work, the Hospital Billed Her $2,400
- Journalists Delve Into Open Enrollment, School Nurse Shortages, and More
- Why It’s So Tough to Reduce Unnecessary Medical Care
- Nueva ley de California ofrece protección contra facturas por viajes en ambulancia
- California’s Ambitious Medicaid Experiment Gets Tripped Up in Implementation
- El daño colateral de la crisis de Medicaid: miles están perdiendo beneficios de alimentos
- Medicaid ‘Unwinding’ Makes Other Public Assistance Harder to Get
- Medicaid’s ‘Unwinding’ Can Be Especially Perilous for Disabled People
- What Would a DeSantis Presidency Look Like for Health Care?
- 1 in 3 People Dropped by Utah Medicaid Left Uninsured, a ‘Concerning’ Sign for Nation
- Lost in the Mix of Medicaid ‘Unwinding’: Kentucky Cut Off Her Health Care Over a Clerical Error
- Beyond Insulin: Medi-Cal Expands Patient Access to Diabetes Supplies
- Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump Puts Obamacare Repeal Back on Agenda
- Adultos mayores, detectives contra avisos engañosos de Medicare Advantage
- Uncle Sam Wants You … to Help Stop Insurers’ Bogus Medicare Advantage Sales Tactics
- Medicare Advantage Increasingly Popular With Seniors — But Not Hospitals and Doctors
- Hospitals and Doctors Are Fed up With Medicare Advantage
- Why Do We Pay For so Much Worthless Health Care?
- KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Congress Kicks the (Budget) Can Down the Road. Again.
- She Once Advised the President on Aging Issues. Now, She’s Battling Serious Disability and Depression.
- La atención de salud, en el centro del debate entre DeSantis y Newsom
- Health Care Is Front and Center as DeSantis and Newsom Go Mano a Mano
- A Guide to Long-Term Care Insurance
- It’s Getting Harder to Find Long-Term Residential Behavioral Health Treatment for Kids
- Underdiagnosed and Undertreated, Young Black Males With ADHD Get Left Behind
- Children Who Survive Shootings Endure Huge Health Obstacles and Costs
- Medicare amplía su lista de profesionales de salud mental